Committee on License and Consumer Protection
ORDINANCE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
SECTION 1. Section 4-60-070 of the Municipal Code of the City of Chicago is hereby amended by inserting the language underscored as follows:
4- 60-070 Issuance authority - Special licenses.
(Omitted text is unaffected by this ordinance)
(c) (1) The local liquor control commissioner shall have the authority to issue a special event liquor license.
(2) The local liquor control commissioner may approve a special event retailer's license
issued to a not-for-profit by the State of Illinois for a period of time not to exceed 15 calendar days.
Such special event retailer's license shall be in addition to any other applicable liquor licenses
required to be obtained bv anv vendors or caterers serving alcoholic liquor at or providing alcoholic
liquor to such special event.
The local liquor control commissioner may approve a special event use permit issued to a for-profit entity by the State of Illinois for an outdoor event authorizing the sale and consumption of alcoholic liquor for a period not to exceed 15 calendar days; provided that the Commissioner of Cultural Affairs and Special Events has designated an event as a special event. Such special event use permit shall be in addition to anv other applicable liquor licenses required to be obtained by anv vendors or caterers serving alcoholic liguor at or providing alcoholic liquor to such special event.
The local liquor control commissioner shall have authority to issue a beer showcase permit, subject to the applicable provisions of this chapter and the Liquor Control Act of 1934, 235 ILCS 5/1-1, et seq., and to promulgate rules useful to assist in the proper implementation and administration of this subsection. Such beer showcase permit shall be in addition to anv other applicable liquor licenses required to be obtained by anv vendors or caterers serving alcoholic liguor at or providing alcoholic liguor t...
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